{"id":92,"date":"2008-01-03T02:48:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T02:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/92"},"modified":"2008-01-06T00:37:57","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T00:37:57","slug":"mystery-man-on-a-mourning-brooch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/92","title":{"rendered":"mystery man in a mourning brooch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My wife&#8217;s family has handed down to us an interesting trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/40\">early case photos<\/a>, Daguerreotypes, all meticulously well identified.  But from my father&#8217;s family in Kentucky have come a couple that alas remain unidentified!  One is a hand-colored Ambrotype under glass in a typical mid-19th century case (photo after the jump). Another image is probably printed on paper, but set under glass into what appears to be a gold (or siver gilt) brooch: is this a mourning image?  Can anyone identify its vintage from the photo (clothing style) and also from the brooch?  Here he is, the mystery man:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img src='https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/broochonblack700.jpg'\/><\/div>\n<p>Big lapels, satin waistcoat, straight tie.  Is this about 1870 or so?  Here (below the jump) is the Ambrotype:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img src='https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ambrotype700.JPG'\/><\/div>\n<p>Rosier cheeks! A rather younger man\u2014almost a boy\u2014but with satin waistcoat &#038; tie in roughly the same era of men&#8217;s dress.  Any comments on likely vintage of these, and suggestions for reading on the culture of mourning brooches (if this is what the top image is), would be most welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife&#8217;s family has handed down to us an interesting trio of early case photos, Daguerreotypes, all meticulously well identified. But from my father&#8217;s family in Kentucky have come a couple that alas remain unidentified! One is a hand-colored Ambrotype under glass in a typical mid-19th century case (photo after the jump). 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